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The city plans to close a longtime homeless services center called Mainchance, where locals go for food, support in their housing searches, and relief from the elements.

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: Albany Has Unfinished Business on Housing

“While increasing the housing supply is critical and has saturated most of the housing conversation, new housing will take years to come online. In the meantime, affordability is still a…

ByJay Martin 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing

“New York is a national model of supportive housing, which has been proven time and again to be among the most successful methods of ending chronic homelessness. But the system…

ByPascale Leone 0Comments

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May 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

While State Budget Boosts Child Tax Credit, Advocates See Missed Opportunity to Combat Poverty

Families will be eligible for a supplemental payment this fall if they received the Empire State Child Credit when they filed 2023 tax returns. However, experts say the formula used…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

Some Gains, Many Losses: What Went Wrong for Climate in This Year’s State Budget

“We are outraged,” said Rami Dinnawi, a steering committee member of the climate coalition New York Renews. “To see a budget come out that fails to address any of the…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

‘Good Cause’ Negotiations Raise Tricky Question: What’s in a Portfolio?

Viewed in isolation, a proposal to exempt small residential portfolios from new eviction protections could exclude hundreds of thousands of New York City apartments. Perhaps more significantly, this type of…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Apr 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Working New Yorkers Need ‘Good Cause’ Eviction

“Our elected leaders have come out strong in support of our efforts to fight for fair compensation and decent working conditions for our members on the streets and at the…

ByStuart Appelbaum 4Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘We Don’t Want Anything Rolled Back’: Tenants Target REBNY as State Housing Talks Drag On

Protesters marched outside the Real Estate Board of New York’s Manhattan headquarters Thursday, while others blocked foot traffic in an act of civil disobedience. The NYPD arrested 13 people, including…

ByChris Janaro

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.

Roughly $12 million in funding that pays the salaries of 100 community coordinators working across the city’s network of homeless shelters is set to run dry this summer, leaving the…

ByMichael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Climate and Environment Government Politics

Why Environmental Groups are Backing the NY Heat Act

The bill includes a provision that has the power to curb the expansion of gas infrastructure in New York. “Why put new gas pipes in the ground for new construction,…

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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